I guess I'm from the old school. The idealists that want bitcoin to be an incorruptible money.

If the shrill voices, panic merchants, politicking and disingenuity we've seen recently from (mainly) classic supporters is able to change the way bitcoin is headed, against the advice of the (active) developers who actually know what's going on, then my faith in the that type of future for bitcoin is destroyed. I might still use it, but as a (probably inefficient) paypal, since i'm invested in it.

Satoshi chose to hand the reins to Gregory Maxwell for a reason... he understood the idea and believed in its Core principles better/more than anyone.

If there comes a day where His emails don't become the future roadmap for Bitcoin... decentralization will have been lost... and Bitcoin will have died.

We cannot let that happen.

I will stay as there is and will always be a lot profit to be made with Bitcoin. But I am not quite sure if I will continue to support Bitcoin as I am doing right now if an alternative takes over. It means that literally anything can happen with Bitcoin and that the freedom/decentral aspect that we value so much, is worth next to nothing as certain entities can force us to do anything they wish.

I've decided to go along with whatever Randyfolds, Kluge, dree12 and LoupGaroux agree is right. But they all need to respond in this thread.

I concur. Even though there are times that a "challenge" to the existing team might be necessary, wanting to introduce competition as a 'standard' is foolish.

Why those individuals?

And everyone will live happily ever after?

So you're only here because of profit? How lovely.

You should have faith in bitcoin mate, even if price falls after halving it will rise again in future so we should always stay as bitcoin is here to survive for long run.

Because they're people that I used to talk to long ago. They were rational, intelligent, were not mindless drones following the herd and I greatly respected their opinion. None of them have been here for more than a year. LoupGaroux hasn't been here for almost three years.

It's not about "some developers want[ing] to ruin it for everyone," but the fact that it's possible for a handful of developers to ruin it for everyone.
Turns out Bitcoin ain't the "mathematically-secured, trustless currency, not a plaything of corruptible h00mans & their frailties, like that filthy fiat toilet paper."

To be honest there was so much fud on the issue when the forum was blowing up I decided to step back and wait for clearer links to the issue from level heads. Believe this thread will end up the same way as people try to beat the other opinion to death and vice versa.
Its to bad that we can not sit down and figure this issue out.

If the thread is about user will be on this forum or not, Than the reply from me is i will stay here in forum very long , because i am earning from this site, their are so many userfull information i use to get daily, like, sports betting i get lost of information about matches, Alt coins mostly all alt coins thread and information are their on this forum, and the most details and development of bitcoin technology information is also their on this site with updated till now.